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Again I'm wondering why people are buying anything connected with GMMZ.

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Maybe it's because that Euro 2012 is broadcasted through GMMZ and people want English commentary instead of the Thai Commentary via the Thai Channels

I guess you already looked in

%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\"Profile Name"\bookmarkbackups ??

And

?

Edit: // Found this

http://kb.mozillazin.../Lost_bookmarks

Approx here:

http://maps.google.c...&sz=17&t=m&z=17

N 12.89786

E 100.87144

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It's in the same Soi as Pattaya (Chonburi) Immigration. If you come in from the Beach you will find it around half way down on your Right hand side.

The "Famous" "The Big Fish eat the little fish" post

New, Major Visa Requirements - Education “Ed” Visas Holders Must Attend Classes

By VISITH PINPAWONG

According to the Deputy Director, the Thailand Ministry of Education is warning all schools who offer Education Visas to foreigners to be legitimate and make sure students adhere to attendance and testing requirements.

At the Pattaya City Expats Club meeting on Sunday, Immigration Volunteer and former British Consul Barry Kenyan stated the problem with Education visas as he observed it first-hand in the local Immigration office on Jomtien Beach Road, Soi 5.

“A guy came in and wanted to renew his Education visa for a 7th straight year. He waited in the queue and when it was his turn he sat at the Immigration officer’s desk in charge of Education Visas. He had all of his documents from the school. His application was completed and he had the two photos now required for any visa. So the officer looked at him and said, ‘You have been learning Thai for six years already. Is that right?’ The answer was yes so the officer looked at a nearby fish tank and said in Thai, ‘The big fish eat the little fish.” The foreigner looked at him without a clue. The officer smiled and picked up a big red stamp and stamped “CANCELLED” on the remaining portion of the current visa and told the fellow he would not again receive an Education visa,” Barry reported.

The Deputy Director of the Thailand Ministry of Education recently summoned all language schools’ owners in Pattaya along with senior Chonburi Immigration Police Investigators to address this issue and notify the schools of the crackdown.

“Now any school found to be selling the Education visa simply to allow the foreigner to stay in Thailand and not attending the school will be closed down and lose their license. All of the school’s students, whether attending or not, will have their visas cancelled,” the representative of the Ministry of Education stated.

Going to school and learning Thai is one option for people to "long stay" in the Kingdom without having to constantly do "border runs." It is especially popular with those who can self-fund themselves living here and do not need to work but are not yet 50 years of age thus not being able to qualify for a Retirement Visa. A Pattaya Times undercover investigation has discovered that some schools are selling discounted "courses" where the "student" pays a reduced fee that gets them a visa but they have no intention of ever attending a class.

Every school in Pattaya has a maximum allocated student base dependent on classroom availability. One school in particular was named and shamed. The school in question has a maximum capacity of 160 students based on if the classrooms were full every minute of every day. Most schools have 40% of students sign up for second and third years, thus reducing the capacity of the school of new students in the second year by 40%. In the case of the capacity of the school above reducing the intake of new students to 96.

The education department in very strong language asked the particular school if they thought the education department was foolish and if they do not keep records. In the last three months this school had new sign ups of 80 students and was asked where they sit their students and where are the three extra classrooms they would require to cope with this over capacity. Even if the school opened all night they still would not be able to facilitate all the students.

It has also come to the notice of the Education Department that a lot of schools are using teachers to teach Thai who are not educated to Degree standard and they have warned this must stop.

Pol. Capt. Samruai Sa-Mann from Chonburi Immigration police then told all the schools that five foreign nationals are now working undercover on behalf of immigration trying to buy the visa from schools without attending classes.

He added, the schools will be prosecuted if the undercover investigators gather evidence of such practices.

They are also to investigate visa shops who are offering the Ed Visa and law firms who offer the Ed Visa as it is only registered schools who can offer these visas, Deputy Inspector Samruai said.

The Police Captain also added that it had also come to his attention that some schools were using foreign nationals teaching without work permits. Recently two Pattaya schools have been raided by his officers.

"If we catch teachers working in schools without a work permit, we will recommend to the Education Department that these offending schools should be closed. We will also be calling all people who advertise language lessons with a visa. We will book some lessons and on arrival we will be asking for work permits of people who we believe are working without work permits," said Pol. Capt. Samruai Sa-Mann from Chonburi Immigration.

Link to Post: http://www.thaivisa....s/#entry4540669

Of course I got the Old version and the newer version you posted later on

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But maybe I have different sense of humor

Not funny at all, but mere a fact of life

Just take a look at the invadeit website

http://www.invadeit.co.th/category/speakers/

This only means that the sinsod will go up

Yes, it really seems like real competition for True.

Anyone know the channel line up ?

If you wanna eat a descent steak (and also affordable but a tat more then 99 Baht) you have to go to My Way which is located in the Shopping Arcade across from Mike Shopping Mall on Second Road.

It wouldn't surprise me 1 bit if in the Month of April Data Usage has surged to an all time high because of Song Krang

Try an Orca scan - fully refundable if it's wrong :-) http://www.orcalogic...asp/default.asp

That program doesn't even detect my installed Memory (claims I have 0 GB installed)

Better use the program from Crucial which does detect the memory installed

(Link: http://www.crucial.c...nner/index.aspx)

I know exactly how much I use (even on a Daily basis)

I use a program called Du Meter. (http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/about)

(When I first got internet (in Europe), I was limited to a Max of 3GB Per Month and that's why this program came in handy.)

Stats: (All stats are UL + DL Combined)

Today : 476 MB

This Week : 2.1 GB

This Month : 6.8 GB

Last Month : 8.4 GB

I just hope that the staff at McDonalds gets it right the first time (<- Wishful thinking)

^ Big C Extra, down stairs opposite MK Restaurant.

If you flee everyone (including the BiB) presumes that you have something to hide.

This is what I found, but no idea where it comes from. My Handy man uses that measurement all the time (and he is not that old yet )

1 หุน = 1/8"

1.5 หุน = 3/16"

2 หุน = 1/4"

2.5 หุน = 5/16"

3 หุน = 3/8"

3.5 หุน = 7/16"

4 หุน = 1/2"

4.5 หุน = 9/16"

5 หุน = 5/8"

5.5 หุน = 11/16"

6 หุน = 3/4"

6.5 หุน = 13/16"

7 หุน = 7/8"

7.5 หุน = 15/16"

8 หุน = 1"

^ Get Win7 64 Bits, so you are not troubled by the 3GB (4GB) Memory limit. I have in mine 16 GB and it's still as speedy as when I first bought it (Asus P8P67 Motherboard with Intel i7 2600 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 Graphics card)

I have a Yaris

the in dash system doesnt have USB and I am stuck with 1 CD

i see theres a ZULEX in dash with everything

but having a golden ear I need to know if anyone else has installed this system - any problems - etc as although it fits nicely into the dash - i have never heard of this brand

is there another brand that will fit into the Yaris dash?

I think you better ask this question in the Car forum.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/78-thailand-motor-forum/

What is the fun in keeping things quiet ? I don't think they wanna pass on any chance to get attention in the Media (especially with the elections ahead)

No that's true, but will find out themselves faster then Pattaya Mail or Thai Visa can

^ http://www.thanachartbank.co.th/TbankCMSFrontend/defaulten.aspx

The checkpoints, operated by 10 officers, will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12 midnight until further notice.

Thanks for the warning. so they now know that they can hang loose from 12:05am - 10:00am without getting hassled by the BiB

If Soi 7 3rd I would place it near Mum Aroi . Correct ??

http://maps.google.co.th/maps?saddr=12.942539,100.894734&hl=en&sll=12.942027,100.896807&sspn=0.00619,0.011362&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=17&t=m&z=17

Did you give your details (Home Address / Mobile Phone nr) to the Motobike driver ?

And as already asked, do you have a Police Report ?